A Keynote Speech was delivered by Secretary Rosalinda Dimapilis-Baldoz which detailed huge strides made by DOLE together with other government agencies and stakeholders in addressing key labor and employment issues; primarily the job and skill disparity prevalent in the country.

“I am confident that through the updated JobsFit and the newly-crafted CGAP, job-skills mismatch would be gradually addressed” she said.

An audio-visual presentation on the Career Guidance Advocacy Plan 2013-2016 was shown to the audience. Subsequently, BLE Director Dominique R. Tutay presented the key findings, identified challenges/gaps and recommendations of the JobsFit LMI Report.

To further expound on the different roles of other government agencies with the report and plan, a panel discussion transpired in the summit with the participation of DOLE Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz, DOST Secretary Mario Montejo, PRC Chairperson Teresita Manzala, TESDA Deputy Director-General Irene Isaac, and CHED Commissioner Bautista. After the panel discussion, an open forum was facilitated by NWPC Executive Director Sy for the audience to raise clarifications, inquiries, and suggestions.